Improvement in water-governors



wtnit gieten' @wat (twine HENRY VCURTNER, OF ANNA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ELI RAGON, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 96,895, dated November 1C, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-GOVERNORS..

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of lthe same,

To whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY UURTNnn, of Anna, Shelby county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful \Vater-Governor; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making part of this specilic-ation.

K My invention relates to a device to prevent the water iu a penstock, or in a cisteru, from rising above the desired level, and consists of a tloat from whose centre rises a rod, which, through medium of connections hereafter described, acts upon a ball-valve to admit water when the level is depressed below the desired point, and to close the valve when the wat-er has attained the proper level.

The drawing shows a vertical section of my invention. A

A is a tank, cistern, penstock, or fol-ebay.

B is a supply-spout leading from 'a valve-chamber, C, into which the water flows from either of the pipes D D. y K

E is a waste-spout.

F is a cap or cover, to protect the valve .H from the direct action of the intiowing water, and this cap or cover nia-y be perforated, as shown, to allow the passage of. the guide-rod G ascending from the valve.

he valve-seat block His removable from the valvechamber, when desired, for regrinding of the valve, or for renewal.

The valve-stein I slides in a guide-piece, "i, and is` connected, by a pitman, J, with the crank K of a rock-shaft, L, whose other en'd has a crank or disk, M, connected by a pitman, N, with the top 'of the float-rod O, which slides vertically in a boxing, P, attached to the spout B. l

The rod O is secured axially in the float R, and is actuated by the latter when the water-level changes,

so as to cause the ascent or descent of the float, and consequently that of thel ball-valve.

I he valve-cap F has perforations f, and its lower portion is surroulnled by au annular chamber, S, from which thc accumulating mud may be drawn through Y an aperture, T, usually closed by a plug, t.

In the drawing, the valve is represented as raised to allow the inflow of water, and the float is consefluently seen in its depressed position.

of water, the crank M is raised and the crank K de' pressed, so that on the water attaining its proper level, the valve is drawn down upon its seat and stops the inflow of water, which then passes off through the waste-spout E.

This device may be applied to various uses, but, besides its -connection with the rain-water spoutof a cistern, it is chieily anticipated to apply it to the headwater of a water-wheel, so as to keep an equal pressure upon the wheel at all times, and to enable the running of the machinery at a uniform velocity under an irregular supply oiwater.

I clailn herein as new, and of my invention- The combination and arrangement of the float R, axial rod O, pitmen N and J, and rock-shaft M L K, vertical guiding-stem I, ball-valve H, and removable seat-block H', all substantially as'and for the purpose described. v

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

HENRY CURTNER. Witnesses J osEPILP. STALEY, N. 1i. WYMAN. 

